Our Beer

Established in November 2013, Groundswell Brewing Company focuses on high-quality, well-balanced beer with nuanced flavor. Our beers are often lower in alcohol content to highlight flavors. This means our beer pairs well with food, and plays well with a San Diego lifestyle. It can be enjoyed playing sports, during a day at the beach, and with friends and family. We do the hoppy, dank thing too…but overall, our portfolio of beers is balanced.
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We love beer, and we want you to love beer too. Our beer philosophy is simple: beer is social.

We’ve met some great people while drinking beer, and the San Diego beer community is the finest in the land. Our beer is designed to be sessionable, flavorful, and with a lot of variety. Enjoy a few beers with good people and it is a good day.

Beer Portfolio

Our core beers represent a variety of beer styles, all with focus on aroma, mouthfeel, and flavor. These beers are available year-round in the taproom and for growler fill. You will also find these beers in a number of restaurant and craft beer locations throughout Southern California. We announce styles on tap and new beers on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Our seasonal brews are available in limited quantity in the tasting room with occasional distribution.

Tasting Room

We built Groundswell with a sense of community in mind. Sit at the bar top and chat up our beer tenders or enjoy community couches with electrical outlets (AKA: “the remote office”), large community tables, and patio areas. We have board games, large activity games, and cards to loan. We welcome dogs, kids… the in-laws.

Grantville Tasting Room

The Grantville tasting room has two TV’s, and often show sports, movies, but we encourage you to get to know your neighbors. We think beer in social, and we think you’ll enjoy getting to know the folks in the tasting room. We do!

Santee Tasting Room

We don’t have a kitchen, but we sell snacks. We often have food trucks in the yard. We’ll post the schedule on the board in the tasting room and on social media. You are always welcome to bring your own too.

Chula Vista Tasting Room

About Us

Groundswell Brewing Company was founded in our living room with a small group of friends.

Kevin had been home-brewing for about 25 years and taking up all the space in the garage with his growing array of brew equipment. He finally agreed to move it to a large shed in the backyard, but then bought a commercial, one-barrel system that HAD to go somewhere other than the shed or the garage.

Voila. Groundswell.

Today, Groundswell is a team of passionate and skilled craft brew lovers. Together, this team advances a beer philosophy of high-quality and flavor-filled beers that enhance the San Diego lifestyle.

We are huge advocates of craft beer. If you are looking to try craft beer, we’d love to be your first. We just want you to drink craft. Craft is craft. Drink it here. Drink it there. Drink it anywhere. (With apologies to Dr. Seuss.)